Five-year-old in furniture store horror

A BOY of five was rushed to hospital after a wardrobe fell on top of him during a family shopping trip.

Prabjhot Bharaj was pinned under-neath a six-foot tall wardrobe at B&Q, in Glencoe Road, Yeading, his face cut by the wardrobe's shattered mirror.

His horrified family say they witnessed the whole incident.

Prabjhot, of Hedley Gardens, Heston, was rushed by ambulance to Hillingdon

Hospital, in Pield Heath Road, Hillingdon, where he received nine stitches to his face.

Tejinder Bharaj, his father, said: "It was terrible. His mother was hysterical, in severe shock and constantly crying.

"She ran to lift the wardrobe off him but she couldn't. I had to help her.

"An off-duty policeman who was shopping came to our aid. Prabjhot's hair was covered in glass and he was bleeding badly.

"He has a twin brother and an eightyear-old brother who are finding it hard to get back to normal after seeing what appened to their brother.

"We have kept him off school for a few days to let him recover."

Mr Bharaj and his family were out shopping on Sunday morning for new furniture for their loft extension when the accident happened at around 11.30pm.

Mr Bharaj explained: "He opened the door and it just toppled on to him. A five-year-old boy should not be able to pull over a six-foot wardrobe. It was free standing and should have been secured; it should have had sandbags inside it. Other cupboards were secured.

"We were on a family day out. It was unbelievable. We spent the whole day in hospital."

As well as the stitches to his face, Prabjhot also has a bruised back.

A B&Q spokesman said: "We take customer safety very seriously. We can confirm there was an incident at our Yeading store on Sunday involving a five-year-old boy.

"We would like to wish him a full and speedy recovery."

Mr Bharaj has asked anyone who saw the incident to email him on tej_bharaj@hotmail.com.